Articles tagged with:
hedge funds

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  Hong Kong’s hedgies trade blows (for charity)

  Last Thursday, some of Hong Kong’s most prominent hedge fund managers took time off from trying to beat the market to spend a night beating up their peers in the ring.

  Be the first to comment | November 2012

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  Can’t buy love, but you can sell divorce

  It’s always important to make the most of a bad situation. But Jason Reeve, founder of the Novitas Divorce Litigation fund, has taken it to the next level. By investing in loans to pay for divorce solicitors’ fees, his new fund aims to make money out of the failure of marriage.

  Be the first to comment | May 2012

• Equity accounting

  When one company takes a stake in another, it must account for its equity holding in its financial statements. Which method of accounting that the investing company uses to do this depends largely on the percentage of shares (common stock) that have been purchased and the ‘influence’ those shares allow the purchaser to exercise over the investee’s business.

  Be the first to comment | July 2011

• Twitter best predictor of stock prices

  Using social networking websites in the office might soon be common practice for fund managers if this move by Derwent Capital is anything to go by. The hedge fund is planning on measuring…

  Be the first to comment | March 2011

• High fees and lack of disclosure hurt treasurers in UK, France and Germany

  A new report from Morningstar argues that treasurers need more transparency and low cost competition to enter the money funds market. Investors in the US and Singapore, meanwhile, face a much…

  Be the first to comment | March 2011

• Laws and legislators, regulations and regulators

  There has been such a volume of planned and emergency intervention in the past two years of financial crisis that some observers might think we should be entering a period of consolidation and even reflection on what has actually happened, adopting a more sober view of the future.

  Be the first to comment | January 2010

• Hedge funds – off the treasurer's agenda for good?

  In the past, hedge funds have provided a useful alternative to traditional investments for professional investors. However, recent events and scandals have hit the market hard. A number of hedge funds have closed their doors and as an investment class are pretty much off the agenda for many companies. We look at the issues and the future for this kind of investment as the EC proposes strict new regulations.

  Be the first to comment | November 2009